Is That a Bomb in Your Pants? Or Are You Just Happy to See Me? ??

Friday 25DEC2009
A Nigerian Muslim (Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, 23 yrs old) flying from Schiphol, Netherlands to Detroit Michigan (Delta/ Northwest Flight 253) attempted to blow up the plane with an explosive device secreted (he went to the bathroom right before the attempt. Eeew!) on his body. The explosive he was equipped with has been reported as some form of PETN. The device has been reported to resemble a white shampoo bottle. (Some shampoo bottles are larger than others I might add. Eeew again!) The attempt was thwarted by a Dutchman who heard a sound like a firecracker (The mainstream media, including Fox news initially reported that it was firecrackers on a flight) and saw flames rising from the man's lap. The Dutchman (Jasper Schuringa) stated that he ripped the man's pant's off, put out the fire with his bare hands and then choked him into first class....

I know, I know. Leave it to a Dutchman to make it even kinkier than it already was.

All kidding aside, this man proves the point of an aware, prepared and willing citizenry being the best defense against terrorism.

So, in response the American security apparatus is going to do more to restrict the freedom of the people that actually thwarted this act of Islamic Terrorism. Not to mention slow down and hamper air travel and in turn the capitalist economy. This in effect, has increased the terrorists ROI (Return On Investment) ten fold. His initially failed attack has been given credence and greater effect, than if we just kept things as normal and chastised this exploding shampoo bottle secreting Nigerian fellow (and Al Qaeda) as dilettantes, even borderline retards with a penchant for ass trickery and flaming undergarments.

Our physical security always needs a diligent over watch, but it is not the TSA gate screeners and our in-flight comfort that needs overhauling. This guy was on the terrorist watch list. His own father, a Nigerian banker, reported him to the US Embassy as being radicalized in London and Yemen. Yet supposedly he was allowed aboard the plane using the ruse of a Sudanese refugee with no passport. He fits the entire profile of a jihadi. Rich kid, highly educated, cash bought ticket, wing seat, no luggage. Come on, for goodness sake! Was the Dutch security completely asleep at the airport or do they just not give a damn in the EU? The American TSA has to wake up also. Stop with the ass trickery. Start collecting some info, move it around like good little internet capable government agencies.

If a FAILED attack shows the American people that they aren't being properly protected, and that the government is only there to support the attack with a weak, destructive follow up and further citizen restriction; what would a successful attack do?
Bryan M. Seaver